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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)
Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.
[In suggested order of immersion and exposure]
+Prog Related; No musical genre exists in a vacuum.
[In suggested order of immersion and exposure]
+Prog Related; No musical genre exists in a vacuum.
| 1. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | The Doors - The Doors |
| + 571 more |
Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 75 more |
My Favourite Progressive Metal/rock Albums Of The Decade
This is the list of my favourite progressive metal/rock albums of the decade. I decided to do this list because a new decade is starting, so it's a good time to look back. Beware, this is not a "best…
| 1. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 2. | Porcupine Tree - In Absentia |
| 3. | Riverside - Second Life Syndrome |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - Deadwing |
| 5. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| + 51 more |
Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 more |
IMAAAAGINATION! =3
My favorite element about music is probably atmosphere. My mind is a lazy, albeit adventurous, asshole that likes to take vacations whenever it can. And what better than the surprise mental adventures…
| 1. | Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic |
| 2. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 3. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 4. | Rhapsody Of Fire - Dawn Of Victory |
| 5. | Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées |
| + 11 more |
Top Folkish/Neofolk/Folkrock Albums
Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Ensiferum - Iron |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 4. | Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon |
| 5. | Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon |
| + 85 more |
2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| + 95 more |
Albums that changed my life and perspective about music.
Since I started to become interested in not only metal, but music in general, there have been many albums that have marked something important in my life, and I know that there will be albums in the near…
| 1. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 4. | Orphaned Land - Mabool |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| + 7 more |
Best Middle Eastern Albums For All Time
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE INTO MIDDLE EASTERN METAL
P.S :
1. there are other albums but the bands themselves are not featured on MS
2. thanks for the inspiration from JD's list ( http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=554…
P.S :
1. there are other albums but the bands themselves are not featured on MS
2. thanks for the inspiration from JD's list ( http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=554…
| 1. | Ajdath - Triangle Of Death |
| 2. | Tyrant Throne - Abominations |
| 3. | Bilocate - Summoning The Bygones |
| 4. | Scarab - Blinding The Masses |
| 5. | Litham - Dhal Ennar |
| + 44 more |
Epic Album Closers
Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anekdoten - Vemod |
| + 117 more |
My Favorite Albums: 2000s
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
| 1. | Rapture - Songs For The Withering |
| 2. | System Of A Down - Toxicity |
| 3. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II |
| 5. | Converge - Jane Doe |
| + 97 more |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
F3ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 2. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 3. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 4. | Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness |
| 5. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| + 305 more |
